Independent-voting mechanism for voting-machines.



Y L. R. WINSLOW. INDEPENDENT VOTING MECHANISM FORVOTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION I'ILED JULY'15, 1908. 920,102.

' Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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L. R. WINSLOW. INDEPENDENT VOTING MECHANISM FOR VOTING MA GHINES.

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L. R. WINSLOW. INDEPENDENT VOTING MECHANISM FOR VOTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION IILEN JULY 15, 1908.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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Zamzf? abkormuao srarns earner LENNA RYLAND WINSLOW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Original application filed September 22, 1898, Serial No. 691,621.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Eatented April 27, 1909.

Divided and this application filed July 15, 1908.

Serial. No. 4A3, 690.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Lnnnil R. Winsiiow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of illinois, have invented a new and useful independent-Voting lilechanism for Voting-Ma chines, (Case C of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to voting machines of the class disclosed in my copending application filed September 22, 1898, Serial No. 691,621, and of which the present application is a division, and the object of the present invention is to provide independent voting mechanism controlled by the general voting mechanism whereby a voter who is not satisiied with the nominees of either of the parties in the iield may cast a vote for an independent camlidate or any desired number of independent candidates for the several ollices to he filled.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may he resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

in the drawings-Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of a voting machine of the class hereinahove mentioned, showing an independent voting mechanism constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation partly broken away, viewed from the rear of the independent voting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the independent voting mechanism. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewed from the front of a portion of the independent voting mechanism to show the slide arrangement. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of the carriage in which the upper end of the receiving roll of the independent voting mechanism is mounted. 6 is a transverse vertical section of the carriage and the feeding devices for the receiving roll. Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the door operating arms 01' the independent voting mechanism. Fig. 8 is a detail view in perspective of the feed slide to which motion is communicated from the replacing rock shaft to the feeding devices of the receiving roll, together with the support ing devices for said slide, and the means whereby the same may he adjusted to throw the slide into and out of operative relation with the feed lever. Fig. 9 is a detail view of one of the door operating arms of the independent voting mechanism. Fig. 10 is a detail view of the voting key.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures ol' the draw ings.

The casing 1 ol the voting mechanism is provided in its front wall with a plurality oi transparent panels 2 in rear of which are arranged vertical partitions 3 connected by horizontal supporting rods 4 which support tally mechanisms or counters described in detail in my aforesaid a iplication, and also in an application filed of even date herewith No. 443,688, said tally mechanism lacing actuated by voting elements which cooperate with interlocking devices having clocks 26 arranged in a die 27. Cooperating with the voting elements to return them to and maintain them in their normal or non-voted positions is a replacing mechanism having a frame 36 carried by an arm extending from a replacing shalt 39 which may he actuated by any suitable means.

The above described mechanism is designed l'or use in casting votes for nominated candidates, but in addition thereto it is desirable in some cases to provide means whereby a voter who is not satisfied with the nominated. candidate for one or more oiiiccs may cast a vote [or a non-nominated candidate, or one of his own selection, but at the same time it is necessary to guard, by suitable devices, against, first, voting independently for a candii'late for an ethos for which regular vote has been cast; second, voting the same names successively or lor ditlercnt ol'i'ices. It is usually desirable, however, that a voter should be enabled to cast an li1(l6]')(311(l611t vote without betraying the loot to the judges or oflicers oi the election, either that he wishes to cast a vote for a candidate for any particular oi'lice, such candidate hcing other than those nominated, or that it is his desire to cast an independent vote l'or either of the several oilices named in the various tickets. In order that these devices may he l'uliilled, the mechanism which I have devised lor independent or scattering voting is constructed as iollows: t a suitable point in the casing, as, for instance, at the lei't hand. end of a Voter facing the mechanism, or at the end opposite the tally mechanisms designed for voting upon amendments and other ques tions, is a compartment 216 having a fixed partition 217 located at an intermediate point, and extending rearwardly from a fixed platen or riting plate 218 which is arranged parallel with and contiguous to the front of the casing. In. this compartment, respectively upon opposite sides of the plane of: the partition 217, are paying or supply and receiving rolls 219 and 220,v to which are connected the opposite ends of a sheet or strip 221 of paper or similar material constituting a recording medium, the direction of movement of the recording medium from the sup ply roll to the receiving roll being indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, and the intermediate portion of said medium being arranged to traverse the writing plate 218, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The front of the compartment 216 is closed by a front wall or face plate 222, Which may be secured in place by means of pins 223, or their equivalents, engaging perforated lugs projecting for- Wardly from a fixed portion of the casing, as hereinafter explained. The locking means for the front or face plate 222 and concealed, to prevent an occupant of the booth from gaining access theretoby a hinged guard door 224, which maybe locked'in place by any suitable means, such as a bolt 225, mounted to slide upon the inner surface of a contiguous fixed portion of the wall ofthe easing, and adapted to engage eyes or keepers 226. I

The supply and receiving rolls are axially parallel, and the recording medium carried thereby is of width sufficient to be exposed simultaneously through plurality of inspection or access openings 227 formed in the face plate 222, each of saidopenings being fitted with a movable door, flap, or closure 228, preferably hinged at its upper edge, and having a laterally extending pin 229 to which motion may be communicated to open or close the door or flap. The spindle of the supply roll is mounted in fixed bearings in the casing or frame of the apparatus, but the spindle of the receiving roll is mounted in movable bearings, the bearing for the lower end. of said spindle being formed in a bearing block 230 fitted in a flanged guide 231 which is arranged in a horizontal position extending from and in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the partition 217. Extending longitudinally from the bearing block is a stem 232 upon which is coiled a spring 233, projecting through a suitable opening in the end of the guide 231, the function of said spring being to yieldingly maintain the bearing block in such a position as to hold the side of the receiving roll in contact with the contiguous side surface of the partition 217. Obviously, as the recording medium is reeled upon the roll 220, and the thickness of said are covered recording medium increases, the roll will be pushed outwardl T or from the plane of the partition in opposition to the tension of the spring 233, but a firm pressure of the recording medium against thesurface of the partition will be maintained at all times, and the rotary movement of the roll in order to coil the recording medium thereon will-be accomplished in opposition to the resistance due to the friction caused by said contact. The upper end of the receiving roll: spindle is mounted in a slide consisting of carriage 234, the construction of the latter involving essentially an open frame 235and a plate or table 236 hinged, or otherwise mounted to fold upon, the frame, a locking device consisting of a pivotal latch 237, or the-equivalent thereof, being mounted upon. theplate or table to engage a catch 238, whereby said plate or table may be secured in itsnormal position, but may be readily released. and displaced to facilitate the removal of the receiving roll. Said plate is provided at a suitable point with a bearing 239 in which is mounted the hub 240 of a pinion 241-, the latter being arranged preferably above the plane of the plate. Said hub of the pinion is provided with a cross-sectionally angular socket 2.42 in which is fitted the squared upper extremity of the receiving roll spindle, and it is obvious that by displacing the plate 236 the upper end of said roll spindle may be dismounted, and that the roll may then be withdrawn through the open frame 235 of the carriage to facilitate the counting of votes which may have been recorded thereon. Also mounted in the plate 236is the spindle 243 of a driving gear 244 which meshes with said pinion 241, and is adapted to communicate rotary motion thereto, and hence to the receiving roll. The carriage frame 235' is inward-1y turned. at its side edges to formv guide flanges246 'WlllCl-l. take into guides 247 fixed to the frame of the machine, and the carriage is yieldingly held with the surface of the roll, or the recording medium thereon, in contact with the surface of the partition 217 by means of a spring 248 coiled upon a stem 249, the operation of the spring 248 being supplemental to that of the Spring 233, hereinbefore described, for actuating the bearing block Upon the spindle of the driving gear 244 is fixed a ratchet Wheel 2.50, and in operative relation therewith, and mounted upon said spindle 243, is a feedin lever 251 carrying a spring pressed pawl or dog 252 to engage the teeth of said ratchet wheel during the movement of the feeding lever in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig 3, the-movement of said feeding lever, obviously, being in a path concentric with the ratchet wheel.

The essential features of the independent voting mechanism, and particularly those portions of said mechanism which are employed for communicating motion toflthe doors or flaps 228 and to the supply and re eeiving rolls, are mounted in a plate frame having a rear wall 253 and side walls 254 and 255 provided with openings to receive the rear guide rods 4, the front guide rods not intersecting the chamber 216, and a front flange 256 which is flush with the face plate 222, and in this face flange 256, and respectively contiguous to the access openings 227, are formed vertical slots 25? through which project the front ends of cam operating arms 258, pivotally mounted at their rear ends upon the rear wall 253 of the plate frame, and extending for. ardly parallel with voting keys which are substantially of the construction hereinbefore described, and consists of slides 15 having forwardly extending stems 16 terminating in heads or buttons, and also having notches or shoulders constituting ratchet teeth 32, 32 and 33 for successive engagement by locking pawls 81 to lock the slides against withdrawal after they have been advanced sufficiently to engage the pawl with the first tooth. Said independent voting keys also carry cam blocks 29 which are identical in construction and operation with those hereinbefore described in connection with the other voting keys. T he cam operating arms 258 are provided near their rear or pivotal ends with cam-faced offsets 259, of which the. upper and lower faces are depressed. rearwardly and are prefcrably parallel, and the voting slides 15 are provided with upper and lower operating pins 260 and 261 which are arranged respectively in operative relation with the upper and lower edges of the cam arms. As a voting key is repressed or moved rearwardly the adjacent ends of the locking blocks 26 and 26, which are of the construction fully described in the aforesaid applications, are 'first spread to exclude or look out other voting keys in the same horizontal series, it being understood that the independent voting keys are arranged in horizontal series corresponding with those of the other voting keys of the ap )aratus and being cooperatively related wit 1 said other voting keys, whereby when a general voting key is operated, all of the other general voting keys and the independent voting key in. the same horizontal series are locked, and in the same way when an independent voting key is operated, all of the general voting keys in the same horizontal series are locked. As the movement of the key continues the lower pin 261, by coming in contact with the depressed cam-faced lower edge of the arm 258, raises the front end of said arm. The front end of the operating arm is slotted or bifurcated, as shown at 262, to engage the lateral pin 229 of the adjacent door, flap or shutter 22S, and it is obvious that the elevation of this bifurcated front end of the arm 258 will open the shutter, ipid thus expose a portion of the surface of the recording medium 221., which is equal in area with the opening 227, whereupon the voter may write the name of selected non.- nominated candidate upon the record ng medium. in other words, if none of the candidates placed in the field by the iveral politiral parties is satisfactory to a voter, he

may, instead of oper ting one of the general 4 voting keys, repress the independent voting key of the same horizontal sci es, and thereby raise the flap or shuttc" 22?, which will enable him to write the name of the selected 1" J. L'l candidate upon me ieeoi ding medium. lhe voter cannot, however, close the flap or shutter, for the re son that it is locked in an open position by tl'ie voting key, and the latter is held by the loci d-zwircs i, :ovided for that purpose, and described in connection with the other voting keys of the apparatus. Vihen, however, the rock-shaft is operated to actuate the releasing and replacing frames, the voting slides in common with the others of the apparatus returned to their normal or advanced positions whereupon the upper pins 260 of the slides 15", by operating in connection with the upper sides of the cams 259, positively return the arms 258 with the flaps or shutters to their normal positions. At the inner ends of the slots in the front ends of the arms 258, and at the upper sides of said slots, are formed small olfsets or seats 263 which engage with the pins 229 when the operating arms 258 are depressed, whereby said flaps or shutters are positively locked against opening movement, except by the releasing o aeration of the voting slides.

I am aware of the existence of voting machines wherein the voter, by operating a key, is given access to the sur of a recording medium, consisting, for instance, of a roll of paper, and, by operating other keys, may gain access to other recording mediums, so that he may write any desired number of names for different candidates, one of these devices consis. of a recording medium, and a key being placed at the end, of each series of general voting devices; but when independent recording cdiums are employed for the different individual or indepemlent voting devices, there is no way of prcventi f a voter from writing ti o same name on two or more recording mediums, for inst .ice, in class voting, for the reason that each device operates independently of al of the others in regard to the movement of the paper rolls. In order to prevent this i. use a single continuous recording medium, common to all of the access openings; and, furthermore, I. use such a construction and ar gement of feeding devices for the recording medium that j the latter is not affected by the movement of the voting slides. On the other hand, the advance movement ol the rolls, to move the recording medium sulliciently to expose an different offices. The arm 2"2 which forms the connection between the plunger and the bracket which supports the, guide 265, is dctachably connected with said bracket, in order to enable this portion of the mechanism to be disconnected when desired, such detachable connection, as illustrated in the drawings, consisting of a seat 280 formec in the end of the arm 22 2 to receive the cross head 271, and a spring tongue or latch 281. attached to said arm and provided with an offset to close the seat. As a 'l'urther means of economizing in the use of the recording medium, it is desirable to secure such a relation between the members or elements of the feeding mechanism for the receiving roll, as to advance the recording medium, at each movement, through a distance just sufficient to conceal the used portion and expose a portion of the surface which is free from markings, or, in other words, to advance the recording medium through a distance which is equal to or but slightly exceeding the length of the access openings A positive feeding mechanism, or one which turns the receiving roll tnrough a given angular distance for each movement of the feed-lever would cause gradual increase in the extent of movement of the recording medium, for the simple reason that as the recording medium accumulates upon the receiving roll, the latter will take up a greater amount each revolution, or during angular .iovements of equal extent. Therefore, it is necessary to employ some form of variable feed. That form of variable feed mechanism which i have found to be sufficient in this connection, is constructed as follows: The ratio between the diameters of the operating gear 244 and pinion 241 is such that for each advance movement of the feed lever, the pinion shall be turned through one complete revolution, thus turning the receiving roll through one complete revolution, but as the recording medium is reeled upon the receiving roll, thus increasing the (liameter of the surface upon which the recording medium is reeled, it is necessz ry to rei'luce the angular movement of the operating gear for each advance movement of the feed-lever, and this I accom 'ilish by reducing the angular movement of the feed lever as the operation of the mechanism proceeds. in this connection I utilize the fact that ti a recording medium is reeled upon the receiving roll the latter is pushed farther from the plane of the partition 217, thus carrying the axis of the receiving roll farther from the vertical plane of movement of "h feed lever operating slide 264i. The carriage 23a in which the upper end of the receiving roll spindle is mounted, also can rics the feed lever, feeding ratchet, and connecting gears, and hence as the recording medium is reeled upon the receiving roll said carriage is moved farther from the vertical plane of the slide 264, and, therefore, the pins on the slide engage with the feed-lever 251 at more remote points from the fulcrum of said lever at each successive movement of the device. if the difference in distances from the fulcrum of the lever and the points of engagement of said pins therewith in insufficient to accomplish the desired reduction in the angular adjustment of the operating gear said feed-lever may be tapered toward its extremity, as shown in the drawings, see Fig. 3, and the extent of taper may be varied to secure an accurate relation between the parts, whereby as the receiving roll recedes from the plane of the partition 217 by reason of the accumulation of the recording medium thereon, the advance of the recording medium by the feeding mechanisnr will be proportionate, and said recording medium, at each advance movement, will traverse a distance equal to or but slightly exceeding the length of one of the access openings 227. Thus, it will be seen that there is a compensating relation between the elements of the feeding mechanism, controlled by the reeling of the recording medium upon the receiving roll, to insure the proper forward movement of the recording medium, limited to that which is necessary to conceal the record of a previous voter from the succeeding voter, with out wasting the material of the recording medium. (his relation between the parts, in addition to that hereiubefore described whereby no advance movement of the recording medium is produced except after one of the indeoende it voting keys has been operated to expose a portion of the recording medium, enables me to economize in the use of the recording medium, and at the same time provide a check against repeating, or voting the san'ie name for more than one office.

As hereinbefore describec, 1 preferably employ the plate frame shown in detail in Fig. 4. to support the voting keys, shu tor operating and trip arms, and cooperating parts, whereby the same may be placed in or removed from the casing of the machine with facility, but in ddition to the above, said frame forms a convenient means whereby the face plate is secured in place, said face plate being rcnioWilL-lc, after displacing the guard door 224', to give access to the independent voting mechanism for removing or replacing the recording medium.

in order that the full advantage of using the described means for detecting the casting of a plurality of independent votes for the same name may befully understood, it should be supposed, for instance, that a series of ten voting keys in each political column is established for presidential elec tors. Of course, ten keys are also included in the independent column, for the reason that a voter is entitled to cast his-ten votes for non nominated candidates, if he so elects. Now, if the voter, instead of voting for ten different non-nominated candidates, assum ing that he casts all of his votes for nonnominated candidates, should write one name in two or more places, or, in other words casts two or more votes by means of the access openings 227 for thesame elector, it would be detected by the fact that all of the names written by any onevoter would be disposed in the same vertical column. Hence, cuplicates may be thrown out. with the use of independent recording mediums for the different access openings, or controlled by different votingslides, this duplication of names could not be detected, or, if possible, only by a careful comparison of. the several recording mediums,.which is rendered wholly unnecessary with an apparatus constr-ucted in accordance with my invention.

It should be understood in connectionwith the independent voting devices, that the operation of an arm 274, the plunger 273, and the bracket arms 270, is accomplished by the movement of the first slide repressed by each voter; but that the trip pin 2. 6does not reach that portion of the oli'set 275 which is necessary to move the arm- 274 until the notch is engaged by pawl 31 which is employed for securing said slide in its different adusted positions, or for preventing the withdrawal of a slide after the first step in its repression has been accomplished. After the engagement of the notch 32 by means of said pawl, the furthermovement of.

the voting slide will elevate the plunger, and

thus allow the voter to proceed as herein before explained. The shutters do not reach an open position until the slide locking pawl 31 has engaged the notch 33. After the slide has been repressed. sufficiently to cause the engagement of the notch 82 by the pawl 31, the elevation of the plunger begins, and simultaneously the opening movement of the shutter 228 is instituted, said shutter rising asthe pawl 31 slips from the notch 32" to the notch 33. completelv operate all of the locking devices,

limiting devices, etc, prior to his gainingaccess to the record medium..

Having described the invention, what I claim 1s 1. In a voting machine, the combination.

with general voting devices,,of independent voting devices having a movable recording medium, means for controlling acess to the recording medium, feeding devices for the recording medium having a lever and a slide adapted for engagement with said lever and normally arranged in inoperative rela tion therewith, a replacer for the movable parts of the general voting devices, operating connections between saidreplacer and This requires the voter tol i l the slide of. said feeding devices, and connections between said slide and the means for controlling access to the recording medium.

2. In. a voting machine, the combination with general voting devices, of independent voting devices having a movable recording medium, means for controlling access to the recording medium, feeding devices for the recording medium having lover, a slide provided with s',: aced pins for interlocking engagement with the lever and a movable guide for carrying said slide into and out of engagement w i the lever, a; replacer for the movable parts of the general voting dcviccs, operating connections between said replacer and the slide of the feeding devices, and connectionsbetween said guide and the means for controlling access t the recording medium. V p

In a voting machine, the combination with general voting devices, of independent voting devices having. a recording medium, means for controlling access to the r cording medium, feeding devices for the recording medium having a lover, a slide for engagement with th lever, and a guide for the slide, a replaeer for the movable parts of the general voting devices, a movable SUPPOIting-bracket for said guide, and connections between the guide-supporting bracket. and the means for controlling access to the recording medium.

4. In a voting machine, the combination with general voting devices, and replacing:

devices for returning the movable parts of the general voting devices to their normal positions, of independent voting devices having a recording-medium, means, including other movable parts, for controlling access to the recording-mcdium, feeding devices for the recording medium having a feed-lever, a slide operatively connectedwith said replacing devices, and provided with means for engagement with said feeddcver, and a guide for the slide, a movable supporting braclrct, and means connected with the plunger, and actuated by a movable part of the independent votingdeviccs, formoving the slide-supporting bracket to arrange the slide in operative relationwith the feed. lever.

5. In a voting machine, the combination with general voting devices including movable parts, and replacing devices for returning said movable parts to their normal-post tions, of independent voting devices having guide for the slide, a movable supporting.

bracket for said guide, a plunger operativcly connected with the movable parts of the independent voting devices, and a detachable connection between said plunger and the guide-supporting bracket, the movement of said. plunger being adapted to advance the slide into operative relation with said teed lover.

6. In a voting machine, the combina ion with general voting devices including movable parts, and replacing devices for return I ing said movable parts to their normal positions, of independent voting devices having a reconling-medium, means, including other movable parts, l'or coi'itrolling access to the recording medium, feeding devices lor the recording medium having teed-lever, a slide operatively connected with said replacing devices, and provided i r h means l'or engagement with said. l'eed-le *er, and a guide l'or the slide, a movable supporting-braoliet 01' said guide, a plunger connected with said supporti 1g bracket, and cam-laced trip arms connected with said plunger and arri'mged in operative relation with the movable parts of the independent voting devices.

7. in voting machine, the combination with general voting devices, including movable parts, and replacing devices l'or returi ing said movable parts to their normal positions, or" independent voting devices having a recording-medium, means, including other movable parts, for controlling access to the recordinganedium, feeding devices lor the recording-medium including a iced-lever, a guide movable toward and lrom the plane ol movement ol' the feed-lever, and a slide operatively connected with said replacing devices and provided with operating and returning pins of different lengths, the lormer being normally out of operative relation with the feed-lever, and the latter being pernn-mently in operative relation therewith, and means actuated by said movable parts ol' the independent voting devicesl'or adj usting the guide to arrange the operating-pin ol the slide in operative relation with the l'eei'l-lever.

8. In a voting machine, the combination with general voting device including movable parts, and replacing devices [or returning said movable parts to their normal positions, ol' independent voting devices having a movable recording medium, means including slides lor controlling access to the reconlinganedium, 'l'eeding devices lor the recori'ling-medium, including lever, a guide movzble toward and from the plane of the iced-lever, and a slide operatively connected with said replacing devices, and provided with pins for enga ement with the l'eed-lever, said slide being normally arranged out of operative re 1011 with the lever, a plunger connected with the guide for imparting vertical movement thereto, trip-arms operable parts, and replacing devices for returning said movable parts to their normal positions, of independent oting devices having a movable recording-incllium, means including slides for controlling access to the recording-medium, feeding devices for the recording-medium, including a lo, l, a guide movable toward and from the p me ol the feedlever, and a slide onerativelv connected with said replacing dev s and. provided with pins for engagement nith the teed-lever, said slide being normally a ranged out of operative relation with the lever, a plunger l'or connnunicating n'iovement to the guide toward and from he iced-lever, a .loclaing device for holding said plunger and guide with the slide in opera tivo relation with said ieeddever, and including trip arranged in the path of movement or (Q replacing devices, and means for connnnnioating motion from the lirst-naine l slides to the plunger l'or disposing the secoml-named slide in operative relation with the lceddever.

10. In a voting machine, the combination with general voting devices including movable parts, and replacing devices l'or returning said movable parts to their normal positions, of independent voting devices hav ing a movable reconlingmedium, means including slides for controlling access to the recording meCium, feeding devices for the recordingnned um, including a lover, a guide movable tow rd tilt from the plane ol the feed-lever, and slide operativcly connected with said replar' g devices and provided with pins for on rent with the feed-lever,

-said slide being nornrillv arranged out of the lever, a vertically movable plu lor communicating movement to the guide, a locking device for maintaining the plunger in an cle\ ated posii and provided with a trip arranged in the path of said replacing devices, said plui operative relation \vi being adaptei'l to return to its normr tion by gi'z'tvity, and means l'or comm ing motion l: om the ll rst-namcd sl'des t plunger for disposing the second-nan in operative re tion with the fced-l l]. in a voting machine, the combir with gneral voting devices including movable parts, of independent voting devices having movable traps or shutters, other movable parts arranged respectively in series with the movable parts of the general voting devices, common interlocking devices l'or the movable parts of said general and inde pendent voting devices, and cam-laced operating arms connected with said traps or cessive rotary movements of the receiving roll heing accompanied by the receding thereof from the plane of the slide to cause the engagement of said slide with the lever at gradually increasing distances from the fulcrum thereof.

21. In a voting machine, the combination with a recording-medium having a receivingroll, of yieldingly actuated bearings for the spindle oi the receiving-roll to maintain the surface of the latter in contact with a fixed object, an operating lever having a ratchet connection ith the receiving-roll, said lever being reduced in Width toward its extremity, a slide having projections for engagement with the lever, a voting hey actuated means for moving said slide into operative position with relation to the lever, and operating devices ter the slide.

22. in a voting machine, the combination with a receiving-rnediunr and supply and re eeiving-rolls for carrying the same, of feeding mechanism for the receiving-roll having a lever, a ratchet connection between the lever and the spindle of the roll, and a slide provided with means for engagement with said lever, voting liey actuated means for moving said slide into operative relation with the lever, operating devices for said slide, a sliding carriage mounted upon guides for movement in a direction perpendicular to the plane of movement of the slide and having a movable plate carrying said lever and provided with a hearing for one end of the receiving-roll, to facilitate dismeunting the latter, a hearing-block for the other end of the receiving-roll spindle, and yielding means for maintaining said carriage and bearing-block with the surface of the receiving-roll in contact with a fixed object.

in a voting machine, the combination with a casing, and general voting devices mounted therein, of a recording-mediuin, supply and receiving-rolls mounted in a compartment of the casing upon opposite sides oi the plane of an. interposed partition, a Writing-plate supported by said partition and traversed by the recording-medium, yieldingly actuated bearings for the spindle of the receiving-roll, whereby the surface of said roll is permanently held in contact with one side surface of said partition, a carriage mov= able with the spindle or" the receiving-roll, operating and receiving gears mounted upon said carriage, the latter being attached to the spindle of the receiving-roll, a ratchet Wheel fixed to the spindle oi the operating-gear, a tapered feed-lever fulcrunied concentrically with said ratchet-Wheel and having a tooth for engagement therewith, a slide mounted for reciprocatory movement and provided with pins for engagement with the feed-lever, voting hey actuated means for moving said slide into operative relation with the lever, and operating devices for said slide.

24. In a voting'machine, the combination with a casing, and generai voting devices arranged therein, et a recording-medium, supply and receiving-rolls ear ying the recording-medium and arranged in a COllpill'tillGllt of said casing, a rcnjiovahle face-plate closing the front side of said compartment and provided with access-openings w ierehy portions of the recording-mcdirun between said supply and receiving-rolls are exposed, movable flaps or shutters for normally closing said openings, a veting key actuated means for opening said iiaps or shutters, feeding lBCGll anism for the receiving-roll, operating dcviccs for the flaps or shutters, a hinged skeleton guard-door to close over said face-plate, and means for securing the guard-door in its normal position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afi ixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LED-Tilt BYLAND flNSLOf-f.

vi itnesses:

C. L "Wis,

Emma WINsLmV. 

